Ed Markey

Sen. Ed Markey rallied with Amazon warehouse workers and others in Revere to call for the passage of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act.

A Senate committee has voted to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and to subpoena the company’s CEO.

Slamming Steward Health Care executives for “really despicable” conduct, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she wants Massachusetts and federal regulators to conduct a thorough review of a proposal that would sell Steward’s physician network to for-profit insurer Optum. Healey faced questions during an interview on WBUR’s “Radio Boston” about whether she supports the proposed sale and what might...

As the state convenes meetings to safeguard access to care at Steward hospitals in Massachusetts, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey are calling on the company’s landlord to play a role in stabilizing health care operations. In a letter Monday to CEO Edward Aldag Jr. of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and CEO Karl Kuchel of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners,...

There’s a new push to save a Walgreens in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood that’s set to close when this month is through. Residents say it’s the only pharmacy in the area and if it closes, it’ll make it especially difficult to access the medications they need. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey is now joining their fight.

The backlash against the upcoming closure of a Walgreens in Boston‘s Roxbury neighborhood is now escalating. This would be the fourth Walgreens closure in a Boston neighborhood with a predominantly Black or Latino population. After activists held several protests last week, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and other elected officials and community leaders are calling on Walgreens to reverse course...

Failing to replace Cape Cod’s two deteriorating bridges “would be catastrophic,” according to a new report released by Massachusetts’ U.S senators this week. Massachusetts lawmakers have been fighting to win federal funding to replace the 90-year-old bridges, which carries the vast majority of Cape Cod’s more than 5 million visitors each year. The bridge replacement project has been estimated...

Hamas’ weekend attack and Israel’s response have left more than 1,000 dead so far.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and many other local officials and leaders in the Jewish community spoke out against violence at a gathering Monday in solidarity with Israel after this weekend’s attacks that left hundreds dead and many more injured. The event on the Boston Common, entitled “Gathering in Solidarity with Israel Under Fire,” was hosted by Combined Jewish Philanthropies,...

This weekend’s short-lived revolt by the Wagner Group in Russia shows President Vladimir Putin “does not have total control over Russia,” Sen. Ed Markey said Monday. The Massachusetts Democrat said the incident “shows great instability” in the region and makes it critically important that the U.S. shows its support for Ukraine. “It’s very important for us as a result...

Putin had accused mercenary Prigozhin of “treason” and vowed to crush the growing armed rebellion. The Kremlin says Prigozhin will now go to Belarus and Wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted.